Gannon

Where Gannon comes from

Derived from Irish Mag Fhionnáin "son of Finan".
— Wiktionary's entry for Gannon
Along the way
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #3,948 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Gannon Conway born
    American football player
  3. 2014
    Peak, #414
    751 babies named Gannon — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #707.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Gannon Conway · American football player, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.